公开(公告)号：US20230024157A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-26

申请号：US17869542

申请日：2022-07-20

Applicant: SST Systems, Inc.

Inventor： Tim Splingaire ,  Anthony E. Herbst ,  Jeffrey Alan Wienke ,  Chad Martin Andreae

IPC: C25D17/06 ,  B65G49/04 ,  B05C3/10 ,  B05D7/22 ,  B05D7/00 ,  C25D17/00 ,  C25D17/28 ,  C25D21/10

Abstract: An e-coat line includes a frame supporting a process track configured to extend along a process direction, a workpiece rack moveably supported on the frame, and a plurality of electrodes supported on an electrode rack. The rack includes support members configured to hold a plurality of hollow workpieces in a predetermined arrangement, and the workpiece rack is moveable relative to the frame between a raised position and a lowered position. The plurality of electrodes are supported on the electrode rack in a predetermined arrangement complementary to the predetermined arrangement of the plurality of hollow workpieces on the support members. The electrode rack is moveable relative to the workpiece rack in a direction crossing the process direction between a first position, in which the plurality of electrodes are extended along and overlapping with the support members to fit within the plurality of hollow workpieces, and a second position, in which the plurality of electrodes are retracted away from the support members to be removed from the plurality of hollow workpieces.